Dueling stormwater proposals considered

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Springs City Council is looking at competing proposals to deal with stormwater control.

The action is important to Pueblo because of agreements related to Pueblo County’s 1041 permit for Southern Delivery System and the need to reduce flooding on Fountain Creek.

Pueblo County officials have asked Colorado Springs to show how stormwater control will be funded since council abolished the city’s stormwater enterprise in 2009.

A study in February by CH2MHill found 282 projects totaling $687 million in Colorado Springs, and 268 projects totaling $102 million in areas outside of Colorado Springs in the Fountain Creek watershed.